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(NoModeL) E. A. COOPER.

HALTER TRIMMING.

Nd. 2a4,541. Patented Sept. 4. 1883 5 fnvelzzar flffmney),

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. t

EDWARD A. COOPER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR O ONE-FOURTH,

TO OGDEN P. LFToHwOR H, OF SAME PLACE.

HALTER-TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 284,541, datedSeptember 4, 1883.

Application filed July 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD A. COOPER, of

the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Halter-Trimmings, of

which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of a light, simple, andneat halter-trimming or metallicv fastening whereby the several strapsof the halter are secured together;

and my invention consists of the novel conenlarged scale, of the lowerend of a cheekstrap and the trimming whereby it is connected withthechin-strap. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of these parts. Fig. 4 is a sideele vation of l the trimming whereby the fixed end of the throat-latchis secured to the cheekstrap. Fig; 5 is a perspective rear view of thetrimming; v

Like letters'of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A A representthe cheek-straps, B, an upward extension of one of thecheek-straps forming the crown-strap; O, the chin-strap; D, thethroat-latch, and E the billet of the throatlatch. v

I represents the trimmings or fastenings whereby the lower ends of thecheek-straps A are secured to the chin-strap O, and whereby these strapsare held in their proper relative position; and I is asimilar'fastening,whereby one endof the throat-latch is rigidly secureda to one of the cheek-straps A. Each of these trimmings is composed of aplate, 1', which 0 rests against the outer side of one of the straps tobe secured together, and is provided with an opening for a rivet, i,andhooks or claws, j, which extend rearwardly from both ends of one edgeof the plate 1' in the anglesformed If desired, a lug or rivet may becast directly on the plates 1', instead of providing said plates with anopening and inserting a rivet in the same, as hereinbefore described.

I claim as my invention- A halter-trimming composed of a plate, 1', andrearwardly-extending hooks or claws j, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 23d day of July, 1883.:

EDWARD A. COOPER.

Witnesses:

JNO. J. BONNER, CHAS. F. GEYER.

